Wisconsin lawmakers could soon require minors to have a prescription and show an ID to purchase common over-the-counter cold medicines. The state Assembly will consider a bill Tuesday to restrict teenagers from purchasing products containing dextromethorphan, or DXM.

Caregivers of cancer patients are just as likely to be depressed as the cancer patients themselves, but a new study finds that they're less likely to seek treatment. We talk with a researcher about the study and what we can do to take better care of caregivers.

We hear from a computer scientist who who created a tool that analyzes the repetitiveness of a song. He measured the lyrical repetition of pop songs that charted from 1958 to 2017 to determine if pop music is getting more repetitive.

Twenty-one-year-old Alec Cook of Edina, Minnesota, was scheduled to go to trial next week in one of the cases against him. Instead, the Wisconsin State Journal reports he'll plead guilty to five of the 21 counts he faces.

President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the Rural Economic Development Program under the USDA budget. The program issues loans and grants that are intended to spur job creation and economic development in rural areas.

While the national debate continues over the cause of mass shootings and how they can be prevented, Barron County law enforcement is working to prepare citizens for the unthinkable in an attempt to prevent them from becoming victims.

Following a mass shooting at a Florida high school last week, children, teens and adults are trying to figure out how to cope with the stress of the latest tragedy. A psychologist offers tips about how to talk to children about mass violence.

Democrats are lining up to challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy in northern Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District. There are now five announced candidates who say they will compete in the Aug. 14 Democratic Party primary.

The Trump Administration has proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--or, SNAP. The service provides food assistance to millions of low-income Americans. The program, as it works now, provides money to families and individuals to use at grocery stores or farmers markets. With SNAP benefits, people can purchase fresh...

Some businesses, like Devumi, work to boost their customer's social media influence by creating more followers. These followers, most frequently bots that may closely resemble the profile of a human user, help to make the user's account look more popular. We take a look at "fake" accounts and how boosting...

After weeks of negotiations aimed at reaching a bipartisan deal on immigration, progress came to a screeching halt yesterday in Congress, after four different proposals in the Senate were rejected...with the most promising deal failing to get 60 votes after a veto threat came in from President Trump. That means that among other things, lawmakers are left without a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, and no clear path forward on comprehensive immigration reform. An immigration and policy expert weighs in on what happened, and what could come next.